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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 08 - Windsor Forest East AdditionMEMO TO: FROM: MEETING DATE: SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION: ITEM 0 U -- HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER /4V DECEMBER 7, 2004 DRAINAGE EASEMENT ABANDONMENT — LOT 4, BLOCK 1, WINDSOR FOREST EAST ADDITION City Council consider adopting an ordinance abandoning 854 square feet of the existing fifty foot drainage easement located through the Lot 4, Block 1, Windsor Forest East Addition, and take any necessary action. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The owner of Lot 4, Block 1, Windsor Forest East Addition has requested 854 square feet of the existing fifty foot drainage easement along the rear of the lot be abandoned. The property owner has a backyard pool which encroaches into the drainage easement. This abandonment will clear up the encroachment. Staff recommends approval. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, ABANDONING AND VACATING A PORTION OF A DRAINAGE EASEMENT IN THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AS HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the property owner of Lot 4, Block 1, Windsor Forest East Addition, recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 1620, Plat Records, Tarrant County, Texas, more specifically described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, has requested 854 square feet of the existing fifty foot drainage easement along the rear of the lot, as herein after described be abandoned and vacated; and WHEREAS, the 854 square feet of the existing fifty foot drainage easement is not needed for public use and will not be needed in the future for public use; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That all matters stated in the preamble of this ordinance are true and correct and are hereby incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if copied in their entirety. Section 2. That the 854 square feet of the existing fifty foot drainage easement located within the property described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and incorporated herein for all purposes, is hereby abandoned and vacated for public use and the same is hereby abandoned and vacated insofar as all public right, title, interest in and to said 854 square feet of the existing fifty foot drainage easement is concerned. Section 3. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase shall be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance. Section 4. The fact that the 854 square feet of the existing fifty foot drainage easement is no longer needed by the public for public usage and would create a hardship or burden upon the City of Grapevine to keep open and maintain such drainage easement creates an urgency and an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and general welfare which requires that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 7th day of December 2004. ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ORD. NO. 2 n o , n , ! POB V CM fnd. 5/8 IR S 89 3402 W 169.49 I set 1/2" IR set 1/2" IR d,N 89°34'02" E 50.00' :'� �� ► ' WINDSOR FOREST EAST CABINET A, SLIDE 1620 t1/2"IR N 0 0 00 in N 0 0 ii P.R.T.C.T BLOCK Lot 4R 17,000 SQ. FT. 0.39 ACRES MIN F.F. 557.00 gv-w,`F"✓��oeu ascgp a„ pal E �r ...........®o�mmm CIC L. LYI.E Ong ufi e&'�tsmb4C.00000emom Doti 8 2-511 i /-0 1 CM fnd. 5/8" IR area to be abandoned 854 SQ. FT. 0.02 ACRES S 89'34'02'W 169.60' This plat abandons a portion of the following easement recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 1620, Dated 3/2/94. N O 0 LU 0) rn N O 0 W, CM I fnd. 5/8" IR I DESCRIPTION OF AREA TO BE ABANDONED All that certain tract or parcel of land being a part of Lot 4, Block 1, Windsor Forest East, an addition to the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plat recorded in Volume A, Slide 1620, Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod set in the north line of said Lot 4 from which a 1/2" iron rod bears North 89 degrees 34 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance of 50.00 feet, the same being the northeast corner of Lot 4; THENCE departing said north line South 39 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance of 24.87 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; THENCE South 00 degrees 29 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 36.94 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; THENCE South 42 degrees 01 minutes 04 seconds West, a distance of 22.94 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; THENCE North 00 degrees 29 minutes 49 seconds West, a distance of 73.31 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 854 square feet or 0.02 acres of land within the metes recited. hese easements are abandoned according to the City of Grapevine Code Appendix B, Subdivisions, Paragraphs Section 2.S.6.L "'--and Section 2.C.8 Q ENCOMPASS SOLUTIONS, LTD. V20 OM V 27 TOWER SOUTH S 702 FRWY Solutions, LTD. DALLAS, TEXAS 75207 (214)540-8518 se � C1 : 16 drainage easement co �I Iw I IN I (N o I o IC) I ZI. I I..:.. ! set 1/2" IR set 1/2" IR — -- N 85°20'04" W 50.23' �I W �i U") �► N LO S 89'34'02'W 169.60' This plat abandons a portion of the following easement recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 1620, Dated 3/2/94. N O 0 LU 0) rn N O 0 W, CM I fnd. 5/8" IR I DESCRIPTION OF AREA TO BE ABANDONED All that certain tract or parcel of land being a part of Lot 4, Block 1, Windsor Forest East, an addition to the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, according to the plat recorded in Volume A, Slide 1620, Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a 1/2" iron rod set in the north line of said Lot 4 from which a 1/2" iron rod bears North 89 degrees 34 minutes 02 seconds East, a distance of 50.00 feet, the same being the northeast corner of Lot 4; THENCE departing said north line South 39 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds East, a distance of 24.87 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; THENCE South 00 degrees 29 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 36.94 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; THENCE South 42 degrees 01 minutes 04 seconds West, a distance of 22.94 feet to a 1/2" iron rod set for corner; THENCE North 00 degrees 29 minutes 49 seconds West, a distance of 73.31 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 854 square feet or 0.02 acres of land within the metes recited. hese easements are abandoned according to the City of Grapevine Code Appendix B, Subdivisions, Paragraphs Section 2.S.6.L "'--and Section 2.C.8 Q ENCOMPASS SOLUTIONS, LTD. V20 OM V 27 TOWER SOUTH S 702 FRWY Solutions, LTD. DALLAS, TEXAS 75207 (214)540-8518